Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 1.29%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which rose 4.19% or 0.1800 points to trade at 4.4760 at the close. Meanwhile, CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) added 2.40% or 0.0760 points to end at 3.2400 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was up 2.04% or 0.0045 points to 0.2255 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EDP (LS:EDP), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.0000 points to trade at 3.4000 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) added 0.55% or 0.0950 points to end at 17.3450 and REN (LS:RENE) was up 0.58% or 0.0140 points to 2.4400.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 27 to 4 and 7 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 0.64% or 0.45 to $71.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.49% or 0.32 to hit $65.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 0.90 to trade at $1184.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1367, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8944.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.53.